tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093809207544740012.post7024082574217537022..comments2023-10-21T05:59:58.508-05:00Comments on 'Cause everyone has a dash of diva in them: Life in five year incrementsdivajenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18421983145679169356noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093809207544740012.post-46416487433416967972008-03-07T11:37:00.000-05:002008-03-07T11:37:00.000-05:00Hmmm... interesting. I've avoided the WB thread f...Hmmm... interesting. I've avoided the WB thread for reasons you can probably figure out ;)<BR/><BR/>Looking back... 5 years ago I wouldn't have expected to be living in the neighbourhood I grew up in (in the house next door to the one my grade-school "best friend" and her twin brother grew up in)... I wouldn't have expected that I'd leave IT (to work for that same previously mentioned twin brother, oddly enough)... I wouldn't have expected the flooded basements, the car crashes, the insane vet bills, the koi, the other countless heartaches. BUT... 5 years ago I did see myself being married and decently happy in a jointly-owned home... but that's probably because 5 years ago I was 8 months away from the wedding and we were talking about moving *laugh*<BR/><BR/>I try not to make "5-year plans" any more. Not since my first engagement fell apart, actually. I had a plan then... it got blown to smithereens and one of my ways of coping was to take things one day at a time. Now I 'plan' events and otherwise just let life happen. It's an adventure... but it tends to be less devestating when it inevitably goes off the rails *shrug* Cynical and jaded, perhaps, but that's the view from here ;)<BR/><BR/>Plans lead to expectations. Reality rarely fails to disappoint (probably because I'm a dreamer at heart). It stings a lot less to just avoid the expectations.<BR/><BR/>Of course, that does make the career path a little hard to predict and guide ;) I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.celtic_kittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14711592328361908844noreply@blogger.com